Additional investments in warehouses. elevators. cleaning and packing equipment. adds very largely to the monetary value of the bean industry. California raises between 45 and 50 per cent of all the beans produced in the United States. In that State it is the third most important agricultural industry. exceeded only by the citrus industry and the dairy industry. The crop is worth from $40.000.000 to $50.000.000 a year in ordinary times. Due to the Asiatic competition. the acreage in California has been rapidly decreasing. In 1918. 590.000 acres were devoted to bean growing. In 1919 this was reduced to 410.000 acres.